Western Kentucky University - Talisman Yearbook (Bowling Green, KY)

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Conversions .... hen they had time to spare from work and Studies students often looked for inexpensive activities on campus. Plays and movies entertained at night while a variety of sports provided diversion by day. But when Sunshine Promotions ended their contract with Western, major concerts became a thing of the - past. Since no promoter bid on the contract, the Univer- sity Center Board couldn't afford to finance big-name performers on its own because of budget cuts. Instead, the board scheduled more coffee houses with local groups in the university center and small concerts in Did: le Arena. | enter Board events such as Halloween, the Hanging ‘the Green and Mardi Gras allowed students to escape from the pressures of class work: But. lectures focused on news, history and the - economy with speakers such as former hostage Victor Tomseth, conservative columnist James Kilpatrick and Soviet dissident Alexander Ginzburg. Students escaped and adjusted. A Chi Omega raffle or a hot-air balloon ride, November Nonsense and other acti ities showed a lighter side of life — at times in- aluable to students adapting to conversions. — Steve Lowry THE PINK PANTHER entertains Sandra Alexander, a senior from Greenville, Ohio, at the football game against the University of Evansville. The panther, a Project of several students, has been present at every home football game the past three seasons. Opening Asie ees SHE if}

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— Todd Buchanan ‘the presidency, at the Belvedere water front. The speech took place after Reagan trode the © A LOUISVILLE AUDIENCE listens to presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, who later won Belle of Louisville riverboat. sf A YELLOW RIBBON around a tree was a national symbol of support for the American ise hostages in Iran. A tree near the university center was decorated with the ribbon, which stayed.” there for several months. ; Soave SN RANE Mee tae IN A JIMMY CARTER MASK, a 1975 graduate Terry Climer clowns around with Big Red on © the track during the Homecoming game. Big Red won a national mascot competition for an- tics such as this. : : ; : : A WBKO-TV REPORTER interviews David Payne, a senior from Burlington, N.C.,. before the Back Zack march in February. Payne was one of the organizers of the rally, which began ine = front of the Sigma Nu fraternity house on College Street and ended at the administration building on campus. — Jim Gensheimer.

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‘ON CENTER STAGE ira gold jumpsuit, Louisville junior David Sturgeon performs with his Sigma Nu brothers. The fraternity was performing in Chi Omega’s November Nonsense. — Todd Buchanan SUNLIGHT SHINES on tennis team member Tom Pennington, a Madisonville sophomore, as he prepares to serve. He was practicing in the fall. CREW MEMBERS hold down the Wendy’s balloon until the wind is right for launching. Chi Omega had a Homecoming raffle for a ride in the balloon, owned by Bowling Green restaurant owners Dan Davis, the pilot, and David Mason. It is the only hot-air balloon owned by the franchise. — Kim Kolarik